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Student body government at California university reinstates funding for student media

donal brown March 15, 2010

The student government of the University of California, San Diego ended its moratorium on funding student media. The student body president had unilaterally decreed a funding freeze to head off  “hateful speech” and divisions among students after an off-campus event thought by many to be racist. -db FIRE Commentary March 11, 2010 SAN DIEGO —In a victory for freedom of the press on campus, the student government of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) voted

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Mississippi school stressed over idea of gays at prom

donal brown March 15, 2010

A Mississippi high school could not legally ban a gay couple from the prom so it just cancelled the event altogether. With the help of the ACLU, the student who wanted to invite a girlfriend to the prom is suing the school for violating her First Amendment rights to freedom of expression. -db ACLU Opinion March 11, 2010 By Sam Ritchie In the era of Will & Grace, Portia & Ellen andNeil & John, it’s

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First Amendment: Federal court allows Nevada to ban brothel ads

donal brown March 15, 2010

A federal appeals court ruled that the state of Nevada could regulate brothel ads under the First Amendment owing to the unique social and legal characteristics of prostitution. -db Courthouse News Service March 10, 2010 By Elizabeth Banicki (CN) – Legal brothels in Nevada cannot publicly advertise under the protection of the First Amendment because prostitution is a “vice” with unique social and legal characteristics that must be regulated by the state, the 9th Circuit

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Federal court rules against fire chief in First Amendment case

donal brown March 15, 2010

A Massachusetts fire chief found that his comments about the budget and inadequate staffing was, according to a federal court, not protected speech under the First Amendment. The court ruled that he was speaking in his official capacity and not as a private citizen. -db Courthouse News Service March 15, 2010 By Tim Hull (CN) – A Massachusetts fire chief’s comments about staffing and budget issues during a press conference in the wake of a

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Tulare County: Supervisors challenged in court test on open government compliance

donal brown March 15, 2010

An open government advocate is suing the Tulare County Board of Supervisors to prevent them from holding luncheons with a voting majority present. -db Visalia Times-Delta March 12, 2010 By Valerie Gibbons An open-meeting watchdog has filed a lawsuit against the Tulare County Board of Supervisors in an effort to end supervisors’ practice of sharing meals when a voting majority is present. Richard McKee, from the Southern California city of La Verne, is asking a

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